Elias goldsmith



PATENTED FEB. 9 1904.

B. GOLDSMITH. LOOM PIGKER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.18. 190s.

N0 MODEL.

" f wwe/wtog' E'Zzbs Golds" UNITED STATES Patented February 9, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

ELIAS GOLDSMITH, OF NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO J. R.WHITTLEY AND J. PEARSON WILLIAMS.

LOOIVl-PICKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 751,497, dated February9, 1904. Application filed August 18, 1908. Serial No 189,910. (Nomodel.)

To a whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, thus GOLDSMITH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Norfolk, in the county of Norfolk and State of Virginia,have invented a new and useful Loom-Picker, of which the following is aspecification.

The present invention relates more particularly to that class of pickersemployed in connection with oscillatory picker-staffs.

The objectis to provide a picker which may be manufactured of leather orother similar practicable material and at the same time have certainportions thereof that are subjected to excessive wear removable andrenewable without necessitating the employment of an entirely new pickerwhen said portions are worn out.

A further object is to provide in a structure of this sort extendedbearing-faces for the picker-staff, said faces thus assisting inobtaining the desired longevity of the picker.

The preferred embodiment of the picker is illustrated in theaccompanying drawings,

' wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of a picker constructed inaccordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinalsectional view through the same applied to a picker-staff. Fig. 3 is atop plan view of the picker. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the same.Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of one of the buffer-sections.

Similar reference-numerals indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawmgs.

In the embodiment illustrated the structure is formed ofleather. Anouter surrounding casing 6 is employed which is constructed of a leatherstrip and has its ends 6 overlapped, as shown. Within the rear portionof this casing is fitted a lining-strip 7 the front ends 8 of whichterminate short ofthe front wall 9 of the casing. A-partition 10 isfitted between the front ends 8 and has its front face in alinementtherewith. This partition is preferably formed of a plurality of blocksthat taper toward their upper ends and extend above the upper edges ofthe walls of the picker. Rivets 11, passing through the casing 6, theends of the lining, and the partition blocks, secure the structuretogether and by passing through the overlapped ends 6 of the casing alsofasten said ends. As a result of this structure the interior of thepicker is subdivided into a staff-socket 12 and a bufl'er-pocket 13. Itwill be observed by reference particularly to Fig. 2 that the front faceof the partition is located in a vertical plane, and as a result therear face 14 is disposed at an inclina-' tion. The rear wall 15 of thestaff-socket is also disposed at an inclination, these walls beingdisposed in convergent relation toward their lower ends. Thisdisposition of the faces against which the staff strikes is important,as it prevents the racking of the picker by said staff, and consequentlycauses the shuttle to move smoothly across the cloth. Moreover, actualexperience has shown that the wear upon the picker is very much lessthan upon those ordinarily employed and that there is not the tendencyof said picker to tilt down in front during its forward movement, whichtilting has heretofore often caused the shuttleto rise and leave thebox. The inner faces of the buffer-pocket walls are substantiallyparallel, and in said pockets is detachably fitted a buffer, which maybe formed of one or more leather blocks or sections 17 that fit snuglyin the pocket and frictionally engage the side walls thereof, beingthereby held against displacement. The front wall 9 of the casing may beprovided with an opening 18, through which the nose of the shuttle willstrike the buffer, though this is not necessary, for the reason thatsaid nose will soon wear a suitable opening through the wall.

It will thus be seen that a very simple structure is provided, which canbe manufactured of leather or other suitable material and in which theparts subjected to wear by theshuttle can be removed and replaced by newones without the necessity of an entirely new picker..' Moreover, thewear by the staff I is reduced to a minimum for the reasons above given.The buffer-sections. are also preferably formed of leather and can beconstructed of scraps too small to be employed in the construction ofthe walls.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, operation, andmany advantages of the herein-described invention will be apparent tothose skilled in the art without further description, and it will beunderstood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion, andminor details of construction may be resorted to without departing fromthe spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A loom-picker, comprising side and end walls, a partition locatedadjacent to one of the end walls and parallel thereto, said partitionsubdividing the interior into an openended staff-socket and anopen-ended bufferpocket of substantially the same width from top tobottom, and a buffer snugly and detachably fitted in the pocket and heldagainst displacement therein by frictional engagement with the sidewalls of the pocket.

2. The combination with a wall comprising an outer surrounding casing, alining extending about the rear portion of the picker within the casingand terminating short of the front end thereof, a partition securedbetween the front ends of the lining and spaced from the front end ofthe casing, and a detachable buffer interposed between the partition,the front ends of the lining and front wall of the caslng.

3. A loom-picker comprising front, rear and side walls, a partitionsecured between the side walls and projecting above the same, saidpartition tapering from its lower to its upper end and having its frontface located in a substantially vertical plane and parallel to theadjacent front wall of the picker.

4. In a loom-picker, the combination with a wall comprising an outersurrounding casing and a lining arranged within the rear portion of thecasing and having its front ends terminating short of the front Wallthereof, a partition-block interposed between the front ends of thelining and tapering toward its upper end, said block having its frontface spaced from the front wall of the casing, and a buffer detachablyand snugly fitted in the space between and abutted against thepartition, the front ends of the lining and said front wall.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ELIAS GOLDSMITH.

Witnesses:

JNo. W. BONUM, S. S. THOMAS, Jr.

